adventure… Vignettes of Vietnam 24 Dec 20223 Jan 2023 Vignettes of Vietnam Hanoi just like Delhi. The hotel is like a typical one in Karol bag. The area is just like Karol bag The countryside looks exactly like Assam…
ART… Diversity 11 Dec 202229 Dec 2022 Diversity Recently we had the privilege of witnessing a major religious festival of 2 very diverse and little known communities, both rarely experienced by outsiders. Interestingly both are Vaishnava festivals,…
adventure… Days and nights in the forest 2 Dec 202211 Dec 2022 Aranyer din ratri.. days and nights in the forest This was the title of Satyajit Ray’s iconic film about a visit to the Santhal Parganas . We were planning a…
bringing up children… Dividing our assets 4 Jun 2022 Dividing the assets There was a Bollywood remake of Cramer vrs Cramer called Akeley hum Akeley tum My precocious six-year-old daughter saw this with us and made a suggestion In…
drinking… The sundowner 17 May 202225 May 2022 The sundowner The gentlemen on the barstools were discussing the etiquette of drinking, like white liquor before sundown, and Whiskey afterwards, and drinking alone versus imbibing with friends, and so…
BENGALI… The big fat Punjabi wedding 15 May 202218 May 2022 I am attending a big fat Punjabi wedding in my in-laws family in Delhi, which is basically a week long celebration of eating drinking and dancing, with a short ceremony…
BENGALI… Musings on what we eat or drink 25 Feb 202228 Feb 2022 Musings on what we eat or drink As a Bengali I have been often teased by Hindi speakers saying jol khaben? Yes we do eat water as well as food…
adventure… Energy 14 Jan 202227 Jan 2022 EnergyEnergy is the one thing I was born with a very short supply of, and therefore conserve it to the maximum, rarely using it, except in emergencies.Which is why I…
addictions… Ajay Sharma smuggles booze, his new adventure 15 Apr 202115 Apr 2021 Ajay Sharma smuggles booze His new adventure Ajay Sharma was posted to the dry state of Gujarat. He was happy as he was a teetotaller and quite sick of the…
adventure… Woodstock 9 Aug 20209 Aug 2020 Woodstock Urban Indians of our generation gave grown up glamourising the American iconic music festival of the sixties ,Woodstock as the symbol of freedom rebellion Bohemianism and art along…